Luis Suárez key to Champions League hopes, insists Steve Clarke

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Steve Clarke, the West Bromwich ­Albion head coach, has warned that
Liverpool’s hopes of a return to the Champions League rest on them keeping
hold of Luis Suárez in January.

Having worked with the Uruguay player, Clarke, assistant to Kenny Dalglish at
Anfield when the Scot signed him from Ajax in 2011, places Suárez among the
“top band” of the world’s players. He concedes his loss
would represent a colossal setback after the recent strides they have made
under Brendan Rodgers.

“At the moment for Liverpool, ­success would be getting into the top four,”
Clarke said. “That would be the